merpay
merpay is a payment method provided by Mercari, Japan's largest buy-and-sell marketplace. merpay is a popular payment service with about 15 million users in Japan. The users of the Mercari platform can conveniently complete the payment using merpay, which acts as a built-in payment method for Mercari users.
Properties
The following table lists the product properties supported by merpay:
Payment type | Wallet | ||
Funding source | Wallet balance, BNPL | ||
Acquirer | AlipaySG, AlipayUS, AlipayUK, AlipayEU, AlipayJP | Merchant entity location | SG, AU, HK, US, UK, EU, JP |
Payment flow | Redirect | Refund | ✔️ |
Buyer country/region | Japan | Partial refund | ✔️ |
Processing currency | JPY | Chargeback/Dispute | ❌ |
Minimum payment amount | 1 JPY | Refund period | 365 days |
Maximum payment amount | 1,000,000 JPY | Time to return payment result | Real-time |
User experience
Note: The following payment flows on different terminals are reference only, and represent this payment method's flow on different terminal types. For supported merchants' terminal types, consult Antom Technical Support.
The following graphics show the user experience of paying with merpay:
- The buyer selects merpay to pay.
- The buyer is redirected to merpay's web page.
- The buyer opens the Mercari app to access merpay and scan the QR code.
- The buyer views the prefilled payment information and clicks the "Proceed to confirmation screen" button to continue the payment.
- The buyer clicks the "Pay" button to complete the payment.
- The buyer views the payment result.
- The buyer is redirected back to the merchant result page.